The aim of this text is to discuss the specifics of children's education in relation to elementary education in determinative stages of basic education according to the current Law of Directives and Basis of National Education Number 9394/96. The purpose of this study is to examine the problems arising from the complex relationship of children's education and elementary education from the research viewpoint of children's education in order to map the particularities of this field and identify how they connect and link with elementary education that preserves the peculiarities, pathways and identities of each stage of education (children's education and elementary education). The literature on children's education is utilized as a source and also constitutes an empirical basis and statistical data, which are the fruit of an ongoing research coordinated by the Federal University of Paraná State, with data concerning violations of the rights of children and adolescents registered by Conselhos Tutelares (Brazilian Human Rights Commissions). Taking place in thirty-six cities and towns including Curitiba and its surrounding Metropolitan Region, Vale do Ribeira and the towns that lie along the coastal regions. One of the links between children's education and elementary education in the text is the establishment of a humane project to emancipate children and adults from the conditions in which they currently find themselves.
children's education; elementary education; education in childhood; specifics of children's education
